Texas Anti-Mask 'Freedom Rally' Organizer Fighting For His Life With COVID-19

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Source: huff post


08/27/2021 12:57 am ET Updated 6 hours ago

His pregnant wife said this week that the hospital was “out of options” for her husband.




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His wife, Jessica Wallace, wrote...................

“He’s not doing good. It’s not looking in our favor,” she said. “His lungs are stiff due to the fibrosis. They called and said they’ve run out of options for him and asked if I would consent to a do not resuscitate. And it would be up to us when to stop treatments.”

“My heart just can’t. I can’t imagine my life without him.”

Caleb Wallace, a 30-year-old father of three, has been unconscious, ventilated and heavily sedated in the ICU at Shannon Medical Center in San Angelo since Aug. 8, the Standard-Times reported. His wife said on a GoFundMe page for household and medical bills that he was was intubated multiple times, had high fevers, infection and bleeding in his chest...........................................................................

........................When he first felt symptoms on July 26, his wife told the Standard-Times, he refused to get tested or seek medical care. He instead began treating himself with a cocktail of Vitamin C, zinc, aspirin and ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug that has been falsely promoted as an effective treatment for COVID-19 by conservative media. He was taken to the hospital on July 30.........................................

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/texas-anti-mask-covid-caleb-wallace_n_61285af4e4b0f562f3dc5224?ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067

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I see he was a self treatment man and took the de wormer.

What a horrible way to die.

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[durablend]

1. *shrugs*

It is what it is.

[jrthin]

17. +1 nt

[cyndensco]

33. That's about it.

[Shoeless Louis]

72. I vote for "Do Not Resuscitate!" nt

[Roc2020]

92. Yup.

[Casady1]

2. For a thirty year old

he was carrying a couple of extra pounds and that is the worst for covid.

[ZonkerHarris]

87. True. And fuck that GoFundMe campaign. Dude was actively working against masks & vaccines. You don't

get to play the victim now.

[NurseJackie]

100. On the Gofundme page, his wife announces that he's been moved to hospice...

https://www.gofundme.com/f/wallace-household-bills?qid=51adb73d3c8482c0645fbb250d0256fa

Updates (5)
Yesterday by Jessica Wallace, Organizer
Caleb won’t make it much longer. He will be moved to comfort care tomorrow and I will get to be there with him until it’s his time to return to our father in heaven. I appreciate everyone all the good and the bad. You all have the right to feel the way you feel as Caleb once fought for his beliefs. He was an imperfect man but he loved his family and his little girls more than anything.

To those who wished him death, I’m sorry his views and opinions hurt you. I prayed he’d come out of this with a new perspective and more appreciation for life. I can’t say much more than that because I can’t speak for him.

She managed to raise $33,120 with a $20,000 goal ... In the past three weeks, 568 donors gave on average $58 each. Largest donation was $1000.

[Archae]

102. Clarence Darrow put it best.

"I have never wished death on anyone, but I have read obituaries with satisfaction."

[ZonkerHarris]

107. I thought that was Will Rogers

[lonely bird]

103. Hmmm...

Apparently, he didn’t love his family and his little girls enough to do the right thing. As for his opinions hurting us? No, they didn’t hurt me in the least. They hurt his family. That is the sad thing. This wasn’t, isn’t and never will be about freedom. This is about stupidity and selfishness and the whining of spoiled 4 year olds.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. I expect there are thousands (or more) of stories like this

that don't make the news.

[cyndensco]

36. And the stories that make it on the news are like this one: another antivaxxer is in the ICU.

If this guy does die, THAT will be the headline that might influence his fellow idiots.

[Dream Girl]

55. These feel good stories never get old.

[3Hotdogs]

75. Like I say, that Jesus fella, sure does have a fine tuned sense of humor.

One of these days, we're gonna find him with his now Comedy Central special.

[groundloop]

60. Sadly, yes. Me wife's anti-vax Brother-In-Law just died from Covid.

He was heavily influence by his moronic sister. He started feeling ill last Thursday and died 6 days later, it was startling how fast he went.

The really sad thing is that these motherfucking influencers spread their damned lies for whatever reason, people die, and then the families are left to clean up the mess.

I hate to admit it but I'm looking on the bright side of this - one less right wing voter in a purple state.

[Thomas Hurt]

4. If you suicide through obstinance and gullibility does the insurance have to pay out?

[erronis]

40. That's a good question. And I bet the insurance companies will spend $$$$s not to pay for someone

who willfully "suicided" themselves.

Along with hospitals not treating the unvaccinated, the morticians refusing to do body prep. Guess they may as well just run the risk and get a jab.

[leftieNanner]

70. We are on Medicare

The premiums have been the same every month. $$ comes out of our Social Security.

The Medicare Supplement is a different story. It adjusts every year based on usage. In other words, if the people in that particular "pool" use a lot of medical care, then the premium rises the next year. I'm expecting to get a letter from Blue Cross that next year's premium will be huge.

Thanks a lot anti-vaxxers!

[roamer65]

5. Good riddance.

Please die and give the bed to another person who would appreciate it more.

[TheRealNorth]

7. Exactly

Fucker deserves no sympathy - he was actively participating in disinformation that killed other people.

[roamer65]

9. To the wife...

Just pull the fucking plug.

Very easy decision.

[TheRealNorth]

12. That someone may go without oxygen...

Because of this deplorable makes me mad.

[sarge43]

52. But, but she can't live without him.

Well, looks like she's going to, sooner than later.

Yup, pull the plug, Puddin' because he's not leaving that bed alive.

[roamer65]

56. I would want it pulled if I were in the same situation.

Let me go.

[sarge43]

79. Before DNRs were taken seriously, I had to go to court twice to have my father

taken off life support. He was down to eighty pounds and locked in the fetal position. No way he was leaving that hospital alive.
If you don't have a valid DNR on file, get one now, right now. Make sure someone you trust has a copy and your primary health care provider and executor of your will. Oh yeah, put a copy next to your list of meds on the fridge in case the paramedics show up to give you a ride.

Sorry to lecture, but don't want a fellow DUer caught up in that legal hell.

[Sneederbunk]

6. Freedumb.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

23. You beat me to it.

Like other anti-vaxxers, he's an arrogant self-centered asshole, who doesn't care a whit what effect his death will have on his wife and children -- both emotionally and financially. What a jerk. He's not fit to be a father. A parent's first duty is to protect their children. If after this his wife and eligible children aren't vaccinated, I feel the same way about her. Frankly, I have zero fux to give to give anymore.

[GoneOffShore]

101. Liberty, Stupidity, Morbidity.

[bluestarone]

8. TO BAD SO SAD!

I'm completely out of sympathy for ALL these IDIOTS!! THEY probably caused the DEATH of many people trying to get medical treatment!

[Omnipresent]

10. People never seem to remember, that you can also die from the common flu.

I know of such a person that died from the flu.
She was the picture of health, but it killed her 3 years ago.

[pnwmom]

18. I'm sorry about your friend -- but THIS guy died because he was a Covid denier.

And Caleb Wallace had made it a mission to keep others from wearing masks or getting a vaccine.

I'm sure your friend wasn't on a similar mission with regard to influenza.

And I'm sure your friend wasn't enough of an ass to take a horse dewormer instead of getting actual treatment.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

41. I'm sorry for your loss.

The flu is nasty, but getting it is like being hit by a drunk driver. Other than staying in your house and being hyper-vigilant when you do go out, getting killed by one is a crap shoot. Last year I took the flu vaccine and still got a bad case of the disease.

Refusing to take one of the COVID vaccines , however, and then attending a super-spreader event is like dressing head-to-toe in black clothing and then standing in the middle of the freeway at night and expecting not to get hit.

I had a 75 year old diabetic unvaccinated friend of 30 years who died from COVID last month only two weeks after he and his girlfriend went to a crowded local bar to listen to the band. I've been balancing the grief and anger I'm feeling, with the anger dominating right now. He was neither reckless nor dumb, but he chose to ignore the warnings, and refused to do the one thing that would have kept him alive. There hasn't been a day that I haven't missed him.

[bullwinkle428]

44. I honestly wish your friend had paid enough attention to the numbers

related to COVID that have revealed that nearly 40% of those that have lost their lives to the virus were diabetics. I absolutely wish the media would make a bigger deal of this. I'm sorry for your loss.

[stevil]

76. That's horrible.

Hope they weren't at the P.S. Roadhouse.

[NCjack]

63. Lesson learned -- get your health advice from medical doctors. Worst source

is a politician driving wedges to get elected.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

11. Let me check. Nope, all outta

fucks to give!

[Retired Engineer Bob]

94. I ran out last Tuesday...

And the earliest shipment for re-supply is the middle of November. Oh well.

Is there any way the hospital can put a lien on the go fund me account?

[ProfessorGAC]

112. November???

My supplier is saying 2nd Quarter 2022!
You must have a better supplier!

[dalton99a]

13. So, more children without a parent. Fucking selfish asshole

[Dream Girl]

58. They always seem to have a ton of kids and a pregnant wife.

[TexasBushwhacker]

119. He's 30. 3 kids already and 1 on the way

If the family was African American or Hispanic his team would be screaming about how irresponsible they be are.

[NurseJackie]

14. Anyway...

“He’s not doing good. It’s not looking in our favor,” she said. “His lungs are stiff due to the fibrosis. They called and said they’ve run out of options for him and asked if I would consent to a do not resuscitate. And it would be up to us when to stop treatments.”

“My heart just can’t. I can’t imagine my life without him.”

[Jon King]

15. You knew he was going to be a bigger guy, before googling images of him.

Just seeing his age, the overwhelming odds were he was not going to be built like an ultra-marathon runner.

When will these guys learn that bigger people have a far, far greater chance of having poor Covid outcomes. Not vaccinating is crazy for a fit person but suicide for heavier people.

[littlemissmartypants]

29. And men. At the beginning of the pandemic men were listed as more likely to get sick and die

from Covid-19. I don't have a specific reference but I'm sure I'm not the only person who saw that tidbit of information.

I remember thinking about the multitude of men who don't like to go to the doctor. There are so many men who are prone to just trying to "tough it out" albeit with illnesses much less deadly.

During a deadly pandemic, is the last time we should think about toughing it out.

I hope his family finds comfort in the happy memories he left behind.

[cinematicdiversions]

30. Everyone is avoiding saying that it loud.

But in every post with pictures I notice it as well.

[LisaL]

35. Phil Valentine was quite skinny.

Didn't help him, he is dead.

[Elessar Zappa]

124. Obesity is a major risk factor

for more serious COVID. Especially apple-shaped (beer gut) people. I’m one of those which is why I’ve had 3 vaccines.

[gohuskies]

16. Predictable end result when ignoring the danger of Covid 19

Feel very badly for his wife and kids, but he used his freedom of choice very unwisely and it turned out as could have been expected. The virus waits for its host to open the door to infecting you and using you to infect others. A selfish choice like this makes you wonder how many others he infected and will have caused more unnecessary death and grief. And that a-hole governor is encouraging this in a cynical political way that is criminal in my opinion.

[apnu]

19. Freedom to get sick and die? To spread disease? To consume hospital beds?

That’s the reality of this ‘freedom’ idiots like this guy are actually exercising.

[babylonsister]

20. He's been occupying a hospital bed since August 8th.

That's untenable when so many people need one. His wife sounds pretty selfish, too.

[Jetheels]

21. Face mask or death mask. You do you. Nt

[durablend]

22. Stickin it to us libs

One stiff at a time

I know I for one feel pwnt

[Initech]

24. I am shocked, shocked! Well not that shocked!

[JT45242]

25. how much extra damage was caused by ivermectin

Hopefully every penny she gets on gofundme is taxed.

Sorry nothing but contempt for these worthless POS's who will undoubtedly default on the hospital causing costs to skyrocket for the responsible adults why the cry-baby 30 year olds blow up the health care system.

You know she is just having that baby to get more welfare and food stamps ...

no tots and pears even for these nitwits.

You can't fix stupid and I am sick of having to foot the bill indirectly for their idiocy.

[turbinetree]

26. So somewhere on this death cult ride this dipshit was riding, and for those that are being

responsible we are going to pick up the tab on this BS somewhere and somehow, you know child protection and other government programs health insurance costs that these assholes railed against....

for reference only:

https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/potential-costs-of-coronavirus-treatment-for-people-with-employer-coverage/

[C Moon]

27. And you can bet your bottom dollar he was an anti government programs jackass, too.

And guess what the mom of those poor children will do if offered aid?
Accept it.

[catrose]

117. I was thinking that at least the 3 (hopefully 4) children will receive SS survivor's benefits

[Cha]

28. Too bad he was so into being

brainwashed he ignored taking care of himself.. and his family.

[gab13by13]

32. He wanted the freedumb

to not have to put a mask on his face, I hope he told the hospital he wanted the freedumb to not put a ventilator on his face. Stick to your guns dude, freedumd all the way to the grave.

[MyMission]

74. Brilliant observation

The anti-maskers should not get anything that covers their mouth, nose, or face.
They demanded it, wore no mask, and should get no oxygen.

[LisaL]

34. Wife is lucky to not get infected-

I am assuming she didn't. Covid can be deadly to pregnant women.
And it's a good guess he wasn't vaxxed, and presumably neither was she, although article doesn't even mention vaccinations.

[NoMoreRepugs]

37. Sorry, no sympathy from me - not a bit.

[Justice matters.]

38. Karma takes no prisoners.

-1 repupliQon voter.

[Cryptoad]

39. Having the Covid and a bad case of the worms,,,,,,,

gotta be ruff!

[irisblue]

43. I saw a photo of him, his wife, 3 kids under 10.

I feel for the kids. I hope they break the chain their parents made for them.

[orwell]

45. You are now free...

...to die.

No thoughts...no prayers.

[Historic NY]

47. If there was only same way to prevent this.

[durablend]

59. Clorox maybe? UV light up the keister?

I got nuthin....

[East-A-Squared]

48. Culling the herd.

[JudyM]

83. If only the census could've been delayed a couple of years...

[nwliberalkiwi]

49. No Sympathy

Not a dime for the Go Fund Me. They made a choice, they need to live with it. How much more is it going to cost by not pulling the plug. The meters running, and there is a desperate need for bed space. And, what about the trauma on the medical staff!!!

[packman]

50. Maybe he'll die from Covid - But on the plus side

His corpse will be worm-free (at least for a little while).

[roamer65]

57. The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out...

That why I’m going to be cremated.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust…but not worm food.

[sarge43]

82. I have to post this. I know, ew.

*The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out
The worms play pinochle on your snout
And one little worm that's too shy
crawls into your nose and out of your eye.

[paleotn]

51. F him.

[ad121rome]

53. Let's see

Thoughts and prayers immediately come to mind. Actually we should show these anti vaxxers the same compassion they have shown after the gun carnage imposed by their laws and voting records. I have zero sympathy for them. Begging for money on a Go Fund Me page is hypocritical, two faced even.

[Ohioboy]

54. Are these folks ever going to learn?

[durablend]

65. Not a chance of that happening

[Demobrat]

61. My heart just can't...

so I’m going to drag this out as long as possible while other suffering people wait for the bed, and keep running up the bill I have no intention of paying.

Poor me. Send money please.

[moose65]

62. Another One Bites the Dust

I do not enjoy it when someone dies a horrible death, but I am all out of fucks to give about these people.

One would think that after hearing all these horror stories that it might start to sink in with some of these people. I hope it does.

[lambchopp59]

66. Like minds.. simultaneously

Check out the post we did same time!

[moose65]

71. Oh my!

[lambchopp59]

64. Oh hell I can't resist anymore:

[bluestarone]

67. How STUPID are these type idiots?

HE Probably just wanted a free funeral i bet

[ffr]

68. Literally the definition of a Jim Jones Kool-Aid drinker; believes in something so thoroughly

he's willing to die to prove that he's one of the chosen who will survive.

His tragedy is that he never realized that his brain is damaged (plumbism) and he needed professional help.

[Dukkha]

69. Die loser.

Darwin 1
MAGAts 0

[ashredux]

73. Instant Karma gonna get ya....

[Evolve Dammit]

77. What a willfully blind way to go. And how many did he convince that he was right, and got Covid?

[W T F]

78. What does she mean "out of options"? He still has a choice of burial or cremation

[durablend]

85. I say leave him out for the buzzards

[catbyte]

80. Well, at least he was able to exercise his freedumbs.

[MLAA]

81. That's a hospital bed needed for a vaxxed patient.

[Scalded Nun]

84. The hospital is not out of options

Is there not an 'Off' switch?

[ZonkerHarris]

86. One vaccine jab replaces a ventilator, a GoFundMe campaign, a hospital bed, and a casket. He chose..

poorly.

[TexasTowelie]

88. Here is the thread that includes a video of Mr. Wallace behaving confrontationally

while trying to register his vehicle.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/107855859

[dalton99a]

120. +1. He was a thoroughly despicable asshole and a public menace

[VWolf]

89. Another tragic waste ...

of a ventilator

[Joinfortmill]

90. I passed it along.

[Talitha]

91. 'Atta boy Caleb!!

What a dumb-ass.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

93. Hope his death is slow and painful

He forfeited his right to any sympathy.

[BunnyMcGee]

96. One less man to pick up after.

One less egg to fry.

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[traitorsgalore]

97. Another one gone in the great idiot die-off of 2021.

They threaten everyone's lives with their suicidal idiocy so I have ZERO sympathy for them.

[myohmy2]

98. wow...

...who would have thought following the trumpers would have so many disadvantages...

...it's seems painful on so many levels...

...I don't like pain...

[SunSeeker]

99. Wouldn't get a vaccine but he got Ivermectin. Idiot.

[Mysterian]

104. I thought they would pull themselves up by their bootstraps,

not beg for money on the internet. Mr. Wallace is now being moved into "comfort care" and will be dead soon.

[LisaL]

106. His wife is preggo and has 3 kids.

She likely will end up as a single mother very soon.

[Mysterian]

108. According to republicans,

she should get a better paying job and stop relying on handouts, and definitely don't sign up for any of that government socialism welfare.

[twodogsbarking]

105. In Russian Roulette you have a one in six chance.

If you keep trying

[Seinan Sensei]

109. Give a man a mask, he will tell you the truth

“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person.
Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”
-Oscar Wilde

In this case, volumes (unfortunately) have been spoken.

[JudyM]

110. His wife disagreed with him about COVID

From the gofundme page:

To those who wished him death, I’m sorry his views and opinions hurt you. I prayed he’d come out of this with a new perspective and more appreciation for life. I can’t say much more than that because I can’t speak for him.

[LisaL]

113. She didn't share his anti-masking views.

NT

[Zorro]

111. Family Confirms Caleb Wallace Has Hours Left to Live

SAN ANGELO, TX –– While the story of Caleb Wallace has garnered national attention, his family in San Angelo is facing the devastating reality that the father of four only has a few hours left to live.

Caleb's wife, Jessica Wallace, shared the heartbreaking update on the GoFundMe account set up to help their family through these hard times.

"Caleb won’t make it much longer. He will be moved to comfort care tomorrow and I will get to be there with him until it’s his time to return to our father in heaven," said Wallace. "I appreciate everyone all the good and the bad. You all have the right to feel the way you feel as Caleb once fought for his beliefs. He was an imperfect man but he loved his family and his little girls more than anything."

"To those who wished him death, I’m sorry his views and opinions hurt you. I prayed he’d come out of this with a new perspective and more appreciation for life. I can’t say much more than that because I can’t speak for him."

Caleb is the father to three young daughters, ages 5, 3, and 1. The couple is expecting their fourth daughter next month.

https://sanangelolive.com/news/san-angelo/2021-08-27/family-confirms-caleb-wallace-has-hours-left-live

Sorry for the wife and kids. Not sorry for the aggressive asshole who enthusiastically encouraged the source of his own demise.

[catrose]

116. Thing is--How can you say someone loved his family and his little girls more than anything

When he wouldn't take basic care of himself? He has another baby on the way, he made sure his wife didn't have to work, could stay home with their children, and their total dependence on those people he loved mattered so much less than his freedumbs. "He died for his beliefs." I'd want a bit better beliefs to die for, particularly with so many people relying on me to stay healthy and wage earning.

Okay, I know she needs to think that way. Fine. Whatever gets you through the dark night of grief. Just get vaccinated, please, lady, so your four children won't be orphans.

[Mysterian]

114. Mr. Wallace has died

I wonder how many people he killed with his toxic, strident idiocy.

https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/news/2021/08/22/texas-covid-delta-variant-hospitalizations-high-mom-fights-save-husband/8196516002/

[catrose]

118. He did publicize a list of San Angelo businesses that required masks for his people to boycott

So that was a good thing, kept the plague rats away from people who were trying.

[SoFlaBro]

115. God hits another DINGER into the bleachers!!

Bye-bye, scumbag.

[dalton99a]

121. It is good that he is dead.

Stupid, dangerous Trump trash

[Politicub]

122. I will never understand why the right and antivaxxers are so enamored with

a dewormer and anti-parasitic medication.

Do they regard the spike protein as worms with teeny pointed helmets? It’s bizarre.

[Mysterian]

123. It's frightening that this country is infested with so many imbeciles

Not just people of below average intelligence --- the trump cultists are so stupid it seems like some sort of bio-weapon degraded their brain capacities.

[Ziggysmom]

125. I guess Covid showed him the evidence after all!

“Show me the science that masks work,” he wrote on the City of San Angelo’s official Facebook in December 2020. “Show me the evidence that school closures work. Show me the evidence that lock-downs work.”

What a dummass!!

[BlueWavePsych]

126. Ditto ...

[ck4829]

127. K&R